Question about Setter hair

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LilyI'm a spazzy- swirl of spots

Barked: Thu Oct 23, '08 9:39am PST

We adopted Lily from a shelter and was told that she is a dalmatian mix. I've had a few people tell me that she looks more like an ES mix so I started to do a little research (gotta love the internet) and am starting to think she's really an ES mix. I've seen many pics that she looks very much like.

This is where my question comes in. Although her fur is NOT long it is definitely not short either. Along the center of her back it looks longer and a bit wavy. She also seems to be getting whispy longer hair on her tail, the backs of her legs and chest. When does the longer hair grow in on ES pups? I know there are shorter haired ES's, when does their hair tend to grow?

Lily is now 5 1/2 months and the feathering is starting to come in on the back of her front legs and a bit on her chest now too. The back legs are getting long enough that dad is even saying they aren't just normal whispies of a short haired dog. In addition, her hair, although it lays flat, is getting much longer.